Saturday night's matchup between the visiting Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres is likely to be a classic pitchers' duel, based on how the opposing pitchers have fared to start the 2024 season. Philadelphia left-hander Ranger Suarez and his 25 straight scoreless innings will take the mound against San Diego right-hander Dylan Cease, who's allowed just five hits in winning his past three starts. Suarez (4-0, 1.36 ERA) has been the best pitcher on arguably the best starting staff in the majors. Suarez's current scoreless streak is the longest for a Phillies pitchers since another lefty, Cliff Lee, authored one that lasted 30 2/3 innings from Aug. 17-Sept. 10, 2011.
The San Diego Padres are a month into life after All-Stars Juan Soto, Blake Snell and Josh Hader. The Padres are again in contention in the NL West, and while they lost big bat Soto in the December trade with the New York Yankees, not only are they more balanced after adding starters Dylan Cease and Michael King but also they doing it economically.
Pitching at Coors Field in Colorado is never an easy task given its high elevation. Dylan Cease did not seem to mind, though, as the San Diego Padres star made Coors Field history on Monday. “Dylan Cease is the first pitcher in Coors Field history to complete at least seven innings, allow one or no hits, and issue zero walks,” Dennis Lin of The Athletic wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Of course, being able to throw 98 MPH to go along with a nasty slider is something that Coors Field can not even deter.
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